the President refused to answer further questions on the subjectright, next questionthat's a very difficult question to answerthat question did come up in the examinationhe'd heard somewhere that the questions in economics examination papers stayed the same from year to year

whenever she needed money he just handed it over, no questions askedmost types of weapons are available for sae here with no questions askedthey asked a great many questions about Englanda live audience will pose the questionscould I ask you a question?"can you help me with this?" - "no" - "ask a silly question!"

that's a very [good] question"what does it look like?" - "that's a very good question, and I don't have the answer for you""when does the war end?" - "that's a very good question"does this happen in all societies?" "that's a very good question. No, it doesn't""Where is it?" - "Good question; I don't know""could you control these kids any better?" - "good question!"

he posed three questionshizo or planteó tres preguntas

He posed two questions. He asked the future doctors if they would be willing to work in Ghana. He asked future engineers if they would be willing to work in the foreign service

to put a question to sbhacer una pregunta a algn

to put down a question to or for sb(Parl)formular una pregunta a algn

Liz Lynne is making her mark in Parliament by putting down a question to Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley about restrictive practices on the appointment of hospital consultants

to obey orders without questionobedecer órdenes sin rechistar

they carried out the orders of their superior officers without question

the 64,000 dollar questionla pregunta del millón

was she sure he had been Jim Prudhomme? - that was when I asked the sixty-four-thousand-dollar question: how did he sound?

the Palestinian questionla cuestión palestina;that is the questionde eso se trata;esa es la cuestión;that is not the questionno se trata de eso;no es cuestión de eso

that's another question altogetherif the security question is not resolvedthe question is: where were you?I'm going to get there, the question is howhe demanded that the Palestinian question should be on the agenda of any future summitthe whole question of aid is a tricky political oneit's a question of deciding what you want to doit was just a question of having the time to re-adjustit's all a question of politenessit is not always a question of what you say but how you say itit's (all) a question of what you want to do eventuallyit is a question of whether ...invasion was only a question of time

at the time in questiona la hora en cuestión

the person in question

it is not simply a question of moneyno se trata simplemente de dinero;no es una simple cuestión de dinero

success is a question of timeel éxito es cuestión de tiempo

this raises the question of her suitabilityesto plantea la cuestión de si es la persona adecuada

this [raises] the question of how well we really understand the ecosystemthis raises the question of the political impact of some of these events

it's only a question of time before he finds outsolo es cuestión de tiempo que se entere

there is no question of outside helpno hay posibilidad de ayuda externa

there can be no question of your resigningsu dimisión no se puede admitir

there is no question of the taxpayer picking up the bill for the partyfor him, there was no question of betraying his own comrades

it's out of the question!¡imposible!;¡ni hablar!

an interest rate cut is out of the questionun recorte de los tipos de interés es imposible

is a tax increase still out of the question?for the homeless, private medical care is simply out of the question

4(doubt)duda (f)

there is no question about itno cabe la menor duda de esto

there is no question about their successthere is no question that this is better[beyond] question, [past] question

as a manager, her ability is beyond questioncomo directora, su capacidad está fuera de toda duda

to bringorcall sth into questionponer algo en duda

Freud called into question some deeply cherished beliefs

my integrity has been brought or called into questionmi integridad se ha puesto en duda

the paper says the president's move has called into question the whole basis of democracy in the countrywith the loyalty of key military units in question, that could prove an extraordinarily difficult taskrecent literary theory has called into question traditional approaches to literatureno man had ever called Lindemann's courage into questionthe opposition has called into question the government's ability to deal with the crisisPearce's postion has been brought into question following his unconvincing performance on Saturday

the question remains (as to) whether there is any connection between these eventsthe question remains, however, whether left-wing strategies would look any differentthe question remains whether the Iraqi leader can be trustedhe question remains whether he was fully aware of the claimsThe question remains whether these groups can mobilize their troopsthe question [remains]: who/how/why ...?

the question remains: how did she escape?la pregunta sigue ahí: ¿cómo escapó?

the question remains: who will be king?the question remains, however, what is the basis of a good political decisionthere's [some] question about how to define "middle class"

there is some question as to whether he will signhay or existen ciertas dudas sobre si firmará

you will be questioned on one of three topicsse te harán preguntas sobre uno de tres temas;a suspect is being questioned by policela policía está interrogando a un sospechoso;they questioned him about his pastle hicieron preguntas or le preguntaron acerca de su pasado

I questioned him about his early acting careerwhen questioned about her reaction, she refused to commentthis led the therapist to question Jim about his parents and their marriagepolice have been questioning everybody who was robbedtime and time again, I have been questioned about how I can do such extensive internal work without the creation of serious postsurgical problemsthey questioned him closely about his movements on that night

I don't question your honesty but I do question your motivesyou begin to question your own judgementit never occurs to them to question the doctor's decisionsthere would be no reason to question the identity of the bodythey are not questioning its authenticityWeber is challenging his audience to question their own beliefsthis has led some people to question how sincere he wasthey question whether Japan will live up to its promiseI question whether it is worthwhile

after that, a question-mark arose in the minds of manyhe tired badly in the last three rounds, which again posed question marks over his staminaa big question-mark hangs over himthere is a question mark over whether the concert will go ahead

question master (n)interrogador (m)

question tag (n)coletilla (f) interrogativa

question tags like "isn't it?", "can't he?"

question time (n)(Britain)(Parl)sesión (f) de interpelaciones a los ministros

the catcalls and rowdiness, familiar to anyone listening to Prime Minister's question time in the House of Commons

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